A new study presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) and published in The Lancet Microbe, shows that antibodies generated…
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Being Clean and Hygienic Need Not Impair Childhood Immunity The theory that modern society is too clean, leading to defective immune systems in children, should…
Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered lymph node-like structures close to the tumor in brain cancer patients, where immune cells can be activated to attack…
In yellow: liver macrophages, or Kupffer cells, which secrete the IL-12 protein that causes adverse effects of immunotherapy. In blue, blood vessels. Credit: © UNIGE…
Study’s findings provide reassurance to individuals with concerns about vaccination. Skin problems such as itchiness, rashes, hives and swelling can occur in some individuals after…
A team led by MIT researchers has systematically analyzed how varying the surface topography found on silicone breast implants influences the development of health complications…
Coronavirus graphic. Credit: Gerd Altmann An international team of researchers co-led by the University of Adelaide and the University of Arizona has analyzed the genomes…
In two separate articles in the Annals of Neurology, clinicians in India and England report cases of a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome after…
Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 variants cause changes in the electrostatic potential (electric charge at rest) on the spike surface. Here, positively charged areas are shown…
Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh shows silicone breast implants with rough (left) and smooth surfaces. Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Six-year effort includes researchers…
Exposure to the rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, can protect against infection by the virus which causes COVID-19, Yale researchers have…
A University of Birmingham-led study funded by the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium has found that many patients with COVID-19 produce immune responses against their body’s own tissues…
Single-cell analysis of autopsy samples from COVID-19 patients shows how the lungs repeatedly tried, and failed, to repair themselves. Scientists from several hospitals and research…
This image shows specialized lung cells (resembling a beaded necklace) that may mount a cytokine storm in response to some viral infections. Credit: UC San…
Fulani Village. Credit: Issiaka Soulama Researchers compared metabolic responses to human malaria in children of different populations. In 2019, 409,000 people died of malaria–most were…
Discovery of unique virus traits offer possible explanations as to why older adults and people with diabetes or heart disease can have more severe responses…
Levels of antibodies in the blood of vaccinated people that are able to recognize and fight the new SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant first discovered in India…
Scientists look to untangle the mysteries of antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in search of better tests and possible cures. Credit:…
New research into Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggests that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain’s immune response and affect memory in mice and…
Flinders University Professor David Lynn, an EMBL Australia Group Leader based at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), right, with coauthors Saoirse…